M81 Bode's Galaxy

AT8RC
QHY8
G11 Guided with Orion EON 80mm, Orion Starshoot Autoguider, PHD Guiding
AT Field Flattener

30x10min

Debayered, Aligned and Sigma Combined in Nebulosity

Photoshop: Levels/Curves, High Pass Filter, Smart Sharpen Filter, Reduce Noise Filter, Gradient Tool to even out light pollution, Blue channel saturation boost in the galaxy arms

Carboni Actions: Reduce Stars, Increase Star Color

M81 and M82 Widefield

Orion EON, QHY8

23x10min

A previous effort...

Orion 80ED
DSI Pro II
Guided with 8"LX200GPS, DSI Pro II, PHD Guiding

LRGB (L=20x4min, RGB=10x4min);

Levels, Curves, High Pass Filter, Gaussian Blur in Photoshop CS3.